Does the bubonic plague stll exist in some countries?

Answer 1

A couple of years ago, some samples were taken from london underground toilets. On one door handle, they found bubonic plague. Nice.

Edit:
Its really rather sensitive to antibiotics which is why you don't see big outbreaks

Answer 2

The disease still occurs naturally in many parts of the world.On 19 April 2006, CNN News and others reported a case of plague in Los Angeles, California, the first reported case in that city since 1984. One hundred deaths resulting from pneumonic plague were reported in Ituri district of the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo in June 2006. Control of the plague was proving difficult due to the ongoing conflict.

Answer 3

Bubonic plague exists in most temperate climate countries. It is carried by rats in Arizona and New Mexico, for example. By the way, cats are very susceptible to plague and fleas from cats may also spread the plague to humans.

Answer 4

Yes. In fact, it still exists in most countries. The United States usually has about a dozen cases a year. Britain has a few, too. It is most common, however, in crowded third world countries, as it is transferred by fleas on rats. India, though not a third world country, has a lot of cases too, mostly due to high population and poverty problems.

Answer 5

Yes. There have even been cases in the Southwestern United States within the last decade.

You can look up information on in through the CDC and the USGS websites.

Answer 6

More common than you'd think. Luckily, there's a simple cure nowadays.

Answer 7

yes it does very much so